Hair curler



Jan. 9, 1951 H. H. WRIGHT HAIR CUR LER F z yW /Z W w m g m w m Patented Jan. 9, 195

S T, OFFICE "HAIR OUREER Harold'HfWright', Galt; OntarimGanada. AnnicattmAugiee12, 194s, sen-a1 No. 43,816

N 2 Claims.

This inventionl relates toa'liair' =curler of the typeahaving a body. around which. looks :of. .hair are wound and a retaining memberformaintaining locks wound around the .body until a curl sets in the'fhair.

Hair .curlers of this general type have been w dely usedin the past. "In thecurlers of'the prior .art, 1' however, the body iportion around which tliehairiswound is round in cross sec tion I: have -"found that 'hair curled with these curlers-is kinky adjacent the roots and produces unnatural appearance, while the-desired result is a natural looking hair set in which the hair is wavy adjacent the roots and more curly adjacent its free ends. I have devised a curler of the above-mentioned type having a body formed with a winding section to achieve this desired result.

It is then an object of this invention to produce I a hair curler which will set the individual strands of hair with a natural looking wave adjacent their roots and with a curl adjacent their free ends. I 1

It is a further object of the invention to produce a hair curler which is cheap to manufacture. I

With these and other objects in view the invention-generally comprises a hair curler having a body section of generally frusto-conical outline upon which hair is adapted to be Wound. The frusto-conical section of the body'has at least one longitudinally extending flat surface adjacentits base. A fastening member designed to extend lengthwise of the frusto-conical sectionzvgof the body retains a lock of hair wound thereon in a curling position until set. In operation, the hair adjacent the roots is wound around the thicker section of the frusto-conical section which has the above mentioned flattened surfaces extending longitudinally thereof, and the tips of hair are wound around the thinner portion of the frusto-conical section which is round in cross section whereby to set the hair with a natural looking wave adjacent, its roots and with a more pronounced curl adjacent its free ends.

The invention will be clearly understood after reference to the following detailed specification read in conjunction with the drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a curler according to the present invention.

Figure.2 is a sectional view taken along the lines 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional lines 3-3 of Fi ure 1.

view taken along the .ffrligure 1421's a back view. of .ia'womanisishead showing the 1 manner in which the acurlers are used IZOLCl-Jflthfilil.

Figure isaan enlarged view of arcurle'r having a 'lo'ck ofhair wound there-around.

winding se'ction: Iiof enerallyi frusto conical outline. 'I hewindir-ig section I -of the ib'ddy la -has two similar diametrically opposed flattened longitudinally extending surfaces 3 and 4 adjacent its thicker end. Figures 2 and 3 show sectional views of this generally frusto-conical curling section. As shown in Figure 2, the thinner portion of the frusto-conical section is the thickerportion, which has the longitudinally extending flattened surfaces is more rectangular in cross section as shown in Figure 3.

The curler has a fastening member and means for securely fixing the fastening member to the body to cause it to extend lengthwise of the winding section I to maintain the lock of hair wound there-around in a curling position. In the embodiment of the invention shown, the fastening member comprises an elastic strap 5, having a hole in one end adapted to fit over the knob 6 formed on the enlarged head 6a at the thinner end of the winding section I, and a hole I adja cent its opposite end and adapted to stretch over the peg 8.

In use the hair is gathered in locks 9 and wound around the winding section I of the curler from its roots outwardly. The hair is wound on the curling section i so that the portion adjacent the roots encircles the portion of the curling section which has the flattened surfaces 3 and 4 and the free ends encircle the thinner portion of the winding section I which has a circular cross section. As illustrated in Figure 4 a wave is formed in the hair by winding on one curler A in one direction and on a lower curler B in the opposite direction.

When the hair is wound around the frustoconical curling section as described above, the elastic securing band 5 is stretched and the hole I in the free end thereof is caused to lock with the peg 8. This band will retain the lock of hair in curling position around the frustoconical section until it is set. After the required setting time, the curler is removed and the hair can be combed.

Figure 6 shows the effect which is obtainable with a hair curler according to this invention. The portions of the locks which have been wound around the portion of the generally frusto-conical curling section which has flattened surfaces, are waved with natural looking continuous ridges as at it. This is due to the set imparted by the flattened surfaces 3 and 4. There is no suggestion of unnatural looking kinks which would be caused by a curling section having a round cross section. The hair adjacent its tips, however, is curled as indicated by the numeral l I. This effect is obtained by the thinner portion of the generally frusto-conical curling section l which is round in cross section.

I have found used with cold permanent these curlers very useful when wave solutions. The

length of the curling section can, of course, be

varied to obtain different types of hair sets and to accommodate different types of hair. Very lon hair, for example, would require a curler having a longer curling section than short hair.

Other embodiments of the invention other than the ones shown in the drawings will, of course, be apparent to those skilled in the art. It is, therefore, not intended that the invention should be limited to the specific embodiments shown in the drawings.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a hair curler having a generally frusto conical winding section around which hair can 4 be wound, and a fastening member for retaining hair wound thereon in a curling position the improvement of forming at least one longitudinally extending flattened surface on said winding section adjacent its base, said flattened surface merging into the frusto conical portion of the winding section and being designed to impart a wave to the hair wound thereon.

2. In a hair curler having a generally frusto conical winding section around which hair can be wound, and a fastening member for retaining hair while thereon in a curling position; the improvement of forming two longitudinally extending flattened surfaces on said winding section adjacent its base, said surfaces being diametrically opposed to each other and merging into the frusto conical portion of the winding section.

HAROLD H. WRIGHT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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